Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-16

SHERIFF MATSoN. him CHEEKY good
morning. Almost at the same moment Engel
his bunk. Spies, however, stretched his arms
and lay still moment as thinking. Par.
sons sat up on the edge Of his cot and gazed at
the opposite wall OF his cell Then he sighed
in Il sad and weary way, and slowly arose
At o. clock the food which had been ordered
was brought in andtaken to the cells. AL had
but Parsons. who had EXPRESSED a desire for u
dish Of raw oysters, fried eggs and milk toast.
All of them ate heartily. Parsons especially
cleared every thing before him and asked for 9
cured and as quickly put out of sight
When the prisoners had finished their last
meal touching letter of farewell, signed by
Fielder and SchwaD. part being in the hand
writing OF each man. was brought downstairs
By big turnkey It was first passed IN to
Spies, then in turn to Parsons, Engel and
Fischer
A few minutes later, Rev. 81. w. Bolton, pas
tor OF the First Methodist Church, arrived at
the courtyard door, and asked to be permitted
to talk with the condemned He had been
with them up to II o'clock Thursday night, but
had encountered cool treatment from all but
E:igel. who remained passive. and allowed the
own desire, was conducted to the cell occupied
by Parsons, with whom he commenced to talk.
Meanwhile, Spies had called tor paper, pen and
ink. and was soon busily engaged in writing.
AT Sis Mr.. Bolton, having passed just e ghteen
minutes with Parsons, left the cell The preach
er moved along the corridor and stopped at the
tSit Hhe1e 0pieS was Writing. Ine Anarchist
looked up quickly, but without a word or a look
OF recognition he returned his eyes to the pa
per before him and his pen to it's work After
standing at the door for few minutes in
the vain hope that Spies after all would con-
sent to admit him, Mir. Bolton went to the next
cell. which was occupied by Engel Here he
was readily admitted. After a short stay here
he visited Fisher.
Mr.. Bolton has been regular visitor at the
Jail for several days past, but has met with no
encouragement from any OF the four men who
how tod $haSr 5fn $1rS~
lives. They told Mr.. Bolton, all Of them, that
they would die as they had lived, protesting no
faith and acknowledging respect to creed
At $40 the sheriff directed one of the turn
keys to ask the men whether they wanted any
stmulants. Tn was done, but all declined
excep: Engel, who expressed desire for port
" me- bottle was procured, and he empted
three large wine glasses flied to the brim-
Later on Spies drank some Rhine wine.
ID the meantime there was considerable stir
n the vicinity Of the jail On the outside. At 5
O'Clock 2J1 police armed with 16-shot Win
chester rifles, surrounded the jail block and the
lDterSectlng streets were crossed by the stout
ropes behind which stood a file of blue coats
with rifles at ''carry'' Idlers were not allowed
to tauy. but were hustled on unceremon: ously.
TIE work OF preparing the four men for the
Es2lioNs was begun at 9:30, at which time DR..
Gray arrived The first thing was to dress
After being dressed, Fischer, Enge1 and
Parsons commenced to pace up and down their
cells, and Els her said he felt perfectly ha py.
Spies leaned against the wall away back in his
cage. Sher. f Matson stated that all the con-
demned men had written letters to their
families and other friends, which had been In
trusted to him for personal delivery. 3